Are you curious about homeschooling preschool? Here at Hess UnAcademy, we believe in making learning fun, even for our littlest learners!
Knowing how to homeschool preschool aged children is actually not as tricky as you may think. Children ages 2-4 are such a delight when it comes to learning, they’re so bright and curious and eager.
Learning at this age is tied intrinsically with play and happens naturally every day. Everything they need to learn can be found in everyday life and can be an extension of the time you already spend together.
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Preschool Learning In Your Homeschool
When your child points to their sippy cup and you name the object or its contents, you are teaching them the beginnings of language. Naming body parts, animals, and colors are all things that come up naturally day to day, and whenever you stop to name things for your child or answer their questions you are laying the foundation for future learning. Go, you!
Making time to support your child’s natural curiosity is key to making the most of these tender years. Weave learning into playtime and education happens without stress for you or your child.
One of our favorite things to do with our preschoolers is to include them in our family STEM activities. I have a list here of some top preschool STEM activities but really, we include our little ones in all of our STEM activities. They love these hands-on lessons.
The Importance of Motor Skills
For 2-year-olds practicing gross motor skills includes things like running, jumping with both feet together, kicking a ball, standing on tip-toes. Physical activity improves brain function by helping nerve cells to multiply which creates more connections for learning.
Skip, and dance, and clap together. Race up and down the hall or anywhere it’s safe to run with a little one. Take walks in the woods or in the park. Play ring around the rosy. Move and have fun and enjoy the fact that you are setting your child up for success by playing together.
As your child’s hand-eye coordination increases, practicing fine motor skills is the next step to laying a sturdy foundation for future education. Research shows encouraging these abilities is far more useful at this age than memorization of numbers and letters.
Fine motor skills include things like zipping zippers and doing up buttons, brushing teeth and washing hands. Activities that include clapping hands, or touching fingers are helpful.
One of the best ways to facilitate fine motor learning is to provide a wide range of activities such as building blocks, art supplies, modeling clay, sewing cards, and puzzles. Water toys, sand tables, and musical instruments are also great learning tools to introduce during the preschool years.
Other Learning Tools
One of the most important measures for future literacy is how often a child is read to when they are young. Make your local library a familiar haunt, let your child help pick out books, and read, read, read to them.
If your kids don’t want to sit still and listen set up a quiet activity for them to do while you read. They can color or play with soft toys or drive toy cars across the back of the couch. Hearing stories read to them facilitates cognitive and language skills and social and emotional development.
Numbers and math are easy to incorporate into everyday learning. Count things as you go, apples in the grocery bag, plates set on the table. Let your child help measure ingredients in the kitchen. There are so many possibilities.
Whichever activities you choose, remember your child is learning at a tremendous rate at this age through play and everyday conversation with you and other family members.
Free Printable Homeschool Preschool Resources
I've got a few printable homeschool preschool resources here if you want to check them out.
While I do not specialize in preschoolers, since I do specialize in whole family homeschooling, it only makes sense that I provide some activities to keep the younger kids interested and distracted while the older ones are working on upper-level subjects.
Preschoolers can have fun sorting and matching colors with this color matching/sorting pack.
Preschoolers love animals and this safari-themed shape matching game is perfect for little ones who are just learning their shapes.
Teach kids about our community helpers with this free printable activity pack!
Another shape matching game, this time zoo-themed with plenty of animals to sort and match.
Teach your kiddos about the water cycle with this basic water cycle activity pack. Included are some simple flash cards for your preschoolers to enjoy in their homeschool day.
If your preschooler enjoys spending time outside, send them on a nature scavenger hunt. Instead of searching for a list of items, have them draw what they see in their own backyard space.
In this parts of a horse activity bundle, your kids will learn about the parts of a horse! They will get to label various parts such as nose, hock, and so on. Then they will get to build their very own horse. It's a fun and simple activity for preschoolers who like horses.
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